Elastic connection.



L. BROWN.

ELASTIC CONNECTION.

APPLICATION HLED JULY 21. 1911.

1,165,839, Patented Dec. 28, 1915.

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WI IED @TATEi PATENT LU'IE BROWNQF FAIBMONT, WEST VIRGINIA.

ELASTIC CONNECTION.

Application filed July 21, 1911.

To all w ham it may concern Be it known that I, Lore BROWN, a citizen ofthe United States, residing at Fairmont, in the county of Marion andState of West Virginia, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Elastic Connections, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to improvements in garment supporters and has forits leading object the provision of an improved limb encirclingresilient band for use in sup porting hose or holding sleeves in desiredraised position.

The further object of my invention is the provision of a device of thischaracter which will dispense with the employment of elastic in saidband and which will provide an improved device whose efficiency willnotbe impaired on account of excessive perspiration which soon rots theordinary elastic band in general use.

Other objects and advantages of my improved garment supporter will bereadily apparent by reference to the following description taken inconnection with the accompanying drawings and it will be understood thatI may make any modifications in the specific structure shown anddescribed within the scope of my claim without departing from orexceeding the spirit of the invention.

Figure 1 represents a View of an arm band constructed in accordance withthe principles of my invention. Fig. 2 represents a sectional Viewthereof. Fig. 3 repre sents a sectional view on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1,and Fig. 4: represents a plan of the cut blank ready to be formed intothe sheath for the resilient member of my device.

In the drawings, the numeral 1 designates the main band of my device,while secured upon said band near one end thereof is the metal casing 2.Said casing, as is most clearly shown in Fig. 3 is of flat shape and hasstruck from the portions on the under side thereof the tongues 3 adaptedto be Specification of Letters Patent.

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forced through and clamped against the strip 1 to firmly secure thecasing thereon. truck from the upper portion at one end of the casing isan inwardly extending tongue 4, while struck from the under portion ofthe casing and extending upward into the casing are the tongues 5, oneend of the flat extension spring 6 being secured between the saidtongues which serve to firmly hold the same in place and preventwithdrawal of the spring from the casing. Secured to the opposite orloose end of the said spring 6 and having its end contained within butslidable with respect to the casing 3 is the tab or short strip 7bearing the socket 8 for engaging the fastening button 9 carried by theopposite end of the strip 1 from that to which the casing is secured.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawings the construction of my improved garment supporter will bereadily understood and it will be seen that the spring 6 will yield toallow of the increase of the size of the space inclosed by the band 1and tab 7 while tending to draw the tab back within the casing uponrelaxation of the expanding tension and that the said spring willconsequently impart the desired and essential resiliency to the device,while the casing protects the spring from moisture or perspiration whichmight impair the efficiency of the spring, the band or strip being ofmaterial which will not be affected deleteriously by said moisture. Itwill further be observed that the strip 1 extends beneath the casing 3and prevents the same from coming into contact with the garment or limbof the wearer and prevents rust stain by the casing when the same isdamp.

I claim:

In an elastic connection, the combination with a rectangular casing openat both ends and formed from a single piece of sheet metal, of a sheetmetal tab having a tongue on one end thereof, slidably mounted in saidcasing, the said casing having a lug struck from the central portion ofone wall at one end thereof and extending inwardly, a pair of lugsstruck from the opposite wall of the casing, extending inwardly, andarranged on opposite sides of the first mentioned lug, and a flattension spring secured to the tongue on the said tab at one end andextending between the lugs at the other end so that the pair of lugs onone Wall Will bear against one side of one end of the spring and the lugon the other wall will 10 bear against the opposite side of said end ofthe spring to maintain it in position.

In testimony whereof I iLfiX my signature,

in the presence of two witnesses.

LUTE BROWN.

Witnesses:

FRANK R. AMos, Cum E. AMos.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

